SAGE Handbook of Special Education [electronic resource] / edited by Lani Florian.

IT Carlow ebook.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[How Special Educational Needs are Understood] Introduction -- Reimagining special education / Lani Florian -- Confronting difference: an excursion through the history of special education / Margret A. Winzer -- A sociology of special education / Sheila Riddell -- Forms of provision and models of service delivery / Jennifer Evans -- Categories of special educational needs / Brahm Norwich -- The disproportionate placement of ethnic minorities in special education / Beth Harry -- Changing perspectives of special education in the evolving context of educational reform / Martyn Rouse and Margaret J. McLaughlin.

[The Challenge of Inclusion] Disability rights in education / Marcia Rioux -- Inclusion as a strategy for achieving education for all / Susan Peters -- Learning from difference: sharing international experiences of developments in inclusive education / Susie Miles and Anupam Ahuja -- From special education to effective schools for all: a review of progress so far / Mel Ainscow -- Inclusive schooling as a means and end of education? / Roger Slee.

[Research Method and Methodology] Perspectives shaping and challenging research approaches in special education / James L. Paul, Kathleen Fowler, and Ann Cranston-Gingras -- Advances in research on teaching students who experience difficulties in learning: grappling with the issue of access to the general curriculum / Russell Gersten and Lana Edwards Santoro -- Quantitative research synthesis: meta-analysis of research on meeting special educational needs / Kenneth A. Kavale -- Research and pupil voice / Ann Lewis and Jill Porter -- 'Emancipatory' disability research and special educational needs / Colin Barnes and Alison Sheldon -- An epistemology of special education / Gary Thomas.

[Theoretical Perspectives] Behavioral theory and practice: current and future issues / John W. Maag -- Constructivist views of learning: implications for inclusive education / Judy W. Kugelmass ---Sociocultural views of learning / J. S. de Valenzuela.

[Curriculum and Assessment ] Curriculum considerations in meeting special educational needs / Richard Rose -- Curriculum-based measurement in reading and math: providing rigorous outcomes to support learning / Julie Alonzo, Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, and Gerald Tindal -- Self-assessment as a lens for learning / Roseanna Bourke and Mandia Mentis -- Policy, legal, and implementation issues surrounding assessment accommodations for students with disabilities / Martha L. Thurlow, Sandra J. Thompson, and Christopher J. Johnstone.

[Phases of Education] Teaching and learning in the early years / Susan A. Fowler, Michaelene M. Ostrosky, and Tweety J. Yates -- Teaching elementary students who experience difficulties in learning / Sharon Vaughn, Jeanne Wanzek, and Carolyn A. Denton -- Teaching and learning in secondary education / John McDonnell, Michael L. Hardman, and Jayne McGuire -- Postsecondary education / Stan F. Shaw -- Lifelong learning and quality of life / Lesley Dee.

[Cross-phase issues of teaching and learning] Collaborative teaching: critique of the scientific evidence / Jacqueline S. Thousand, Ann I. Nevin, and Richard A. Villa -- Teacher assistants in inclusive schools / Michael F. Giangreco and Mary Beth Doyle -- New machines and new agendas: the changing nature of special education technology research / John Woodward and Ralph Ferretti -- Peer-mediated programs to strengthen classroom instruction: cooperative learning, reciprocal teaching, classwide peer tutoring and peer-assisted learning strategies / Eric Dion, Douglas Fuchs, and Lynn S. Fuchs -- The friendships and peer relationships of children and young people who experience difficulties in learning / Dawn B. Male.

[Future Directions for Research and Practice] Leadership for social justice and inclusion / Katharine Shepherd and Susan Brody Hasazi -- What do teachers need to know about meeting special educational needs? / Ruth Kershner -- Learning without limits: constructing a pedagogy free from determinist beliefs about ability / Susan Hart, Mary Jane Drummond, and Donald McIntyre -- Challenging orthodoxy in special education: on longstanding debates and philosophical divides / Deborah J. Gallagher -- Special education and its contribution to the broader discourse of education / Seamus Hegarty.

Electronic reproduction. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, Inc., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Access restricted to users at subscribing institutions.